When fitting cover flashings to a flat roof like the.
How to cover roof flashing.
Expert advice on how to repair roof flashing and chimney flashing prevent ice dams and solve other roof flashing problems.
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Fasten loose nails and cover exposed nail heads with roofing cement.
Click pic to enlarge the video below will show you how to fit lead roof flashing like the ones seen in the picture above.
Recaulk the joints between the roof and the flashing.
Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.
Roofing cement can dry out and crumble away exposing joints to water.
Renew flashing seals by chipping out old caulking and mortar along the edges of the flashing.
When a roof leaks the problem is often due to leaks in and around the metal roof flashing that protects roof edges valleys and the junctions between roofing and obstructions such as chimneys dormers and vent pipes.
Apron flashings if you are new to roofing or fitting roof flashings this really is a bread and butter place to start master this and the slightly more difficult flashings like step flashings will seem a lot easier.